obsecration noun. [ɒbsɪ'kreɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Latin obsecratio(n-), from obsecrat- pa. ppl stem of obsecrare entreat, beseech (orig. by the name of the gods), from ob- OB- + sacrare hold sacred: see -ATION.]
1. Entreaty, supplication. LME.
b. Rhetoric. A figure of speech in which assistance is implored. E17.

2. Ecclesiastical. Any of the intercessory petitions of the Litany introduced by the word 'by' (Latin per). L19.

■ 'obsecrate verb trans. (rare) entreat, implore; beg (a thing): L16.

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